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Originally Posted by Dagrims
This is my new favorite team. I will follow them diligently. Do they have any talent at all?
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Don't hold your breath. They've already played their last game and will be folding after the season.
And their one good player is Deacon White, who was signed after his previous team (Baltimore Canaries) folded last season. In fact, Philly will be the third team White has folded - he's going to be one of the prizes of the free agent market next season, although I guess whoever gets him should worry about their future. Actually, they should probably worry in any event. Of the 13 teams active this season, only two of them will still be playing in 1878 - The Boston Red Stockings (who are actually the predecessors of the Atlanta Braves), and the Chicago White Stockings (who are the Cubs).
In the early to mid 1880s, most of the other "original eight" NL franchises that are still around today begin play.